konurnar

Konurnar is an Icelandic word that functions as the definite plural form of kona, meaning "the women." In Icelandic, nouns are inflected for gender and number, and the definite article is expressed as a suffix rather than a separate word. The plural indefinite form is konur, used for "the women" without specificity. To indicate a specific group, the definite plural suffix -nar is added to konur, yielding konurnar.

The word is used when referring to a particular group of women in discourse. For example: "Konurnar komu í morgun" means "The women came this morning," and "Ég hitti konurnar í búðinni" means "I met the women in the shop." As with other Icelandic nouns, konurnar changes form according to case in different syntactic roles, but its core meaning remains "the women" in the definite plural.

Etymology and related forms: kona comes from Old Norse kona, meaning "woman." The definite plural konurnar developed in Icelandic through the attachment of the definite plural suffix to the indefinite plural form konur.

See also: Icelandic grammar, kona, konur, Old Norse.